In addition, though focus on incentives and tests may bring short term results, long-term benefits may be sacrificed. For instance, the morale of students and educators may be negatively impacted, as I believe it has. Later learning may also be … Continue reading →

The recent book, Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education (2011), from a committee of the prestigious National Research Council of the National Academies provides a synthesis of relevant research on the results of test-based accountability systems tied to incentives to … Continue reading →